Ok, poor Cecelia has been waiting paitiently for this summer hat. I'll probably get it finished just as it's starting to cool off. But it will still be usable and she can wear it through the winter and again next summer.I started with another fiber and it just wasn't working out. The pattern is EZ's tam which works up so simply in wool, but try to find a cool weather fiber and you're going to have trouble. I was at a LYS last week and saw these divine fibers. I couldn't decide which so I am using a combination of both. The green is slubby and cotton and the copper is 3 strands of linen. The linen softens up like silk. It is still not working up like wool does, but I am designing as I go trying to keep the basic tam pattern intact. The rim here is a garter stitch rim which is flexible. You can't get cottons to function in ribbing, so this seems to be doing the trick. I'm ready to increase the stitches for the fuller part of the tam now. More as it develops.
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